Brazil’s PSDB party announces Eduardo Leite as new president

The governor-elect of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite (PSDB), was announced as the new national president of the PSDB party (center), one of the largest in the country.

The statement was released on the social networks of the acronym and is signed by the current president, Bruno Araújo.

The PSDB published the change in command on Instagram and Twitter.

According to the statement, on February 2, 2023, with the inauguration of the new Congress, the party will begin the work of the “new PSDB National Executive.”

“Next week, we will begin sharing decisions for planning future management. During this period, we will build a collective representation for the next Executive”, he declared.

Eduardo Leite was elected governor of Rio Grande do Sul in the 2nd round with 57.12% of the valid votes, against 42.88% for Onyx Lorenzoni (PL), who was supported by President Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

The toucan had 3,687,126 votes.

He said in his campaign in 2018 that he would not run for reelection.

Eduardo Leite resigned in March 2021 to try to run for the Presidency of the Republic.

However, he lost the PSDB prelims to João Doria. Thus, he turned to the dispute in the state.

He collected raids with Doria, former governor of São Paulo, who gave up running for the elections. In October, Doria announced his disaffiliation with PSDB.

Leite ran his campaign, presenting the results of his administration.

Besides negotiating state debts, the governor brought up to date the salaries of public employees, which were being paid in installments.

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